Spray drying: tailored expertise and proven solutions
We custom design each spray dryer to meet each customer’s specific requirements. Our extensive knowledge in all aspects of spray drying, and our advanced technologies are entirely at your disposal. Together, we can bring your ideas to life and deliver high-quality powders that have properties and characteristics fine-tuned to meet your precise specifications.
Solutions for spray dried dairy powders, food ingredients, pharmaceuticals, instant coffee and chemicals.
Regulatory requirements differ between industries, so every GEA NIRO® industrial spray drying plant must adhere to industry-specific standards, practices, and codes of conduct. We provide specialized spray drying solutions for the dairy and food ingredients industry, the pharmaceutical industry, instant coffee production, and the chemical industry.
Spray dryer upgrades and services
GEA offers a suite of expert services, including dairy spray dryer audits, training, and tailored system upgrades. We’ll work with you to select the best solutions for your spray drying plant and business. GEA service solutions can help you to increase plant availability and productivity, and improve sustainability, while ensuring that your spray drying operations are safe, efficient, and resource responsible.
Get more from what you already have.
Think Circular. Dry Smarter.
Some of the biggest opportunities can be found within existing assets and processes through a more circular approach to operations.
Availability: safety & 24/7 production in spray drying
GEA’s spray dryer safety upgrades are designed to help ensure continuous and safe operations. Our explosion protection for spray dryers includes advanced systems such as SPRAYEYE® and COTECTOR®, which actively monitor and reduce fire risks. Through safety audits for spray drying plants, we assess potential hazards and review zoning to keep your facility compliant and operational around the clock.
Productivity: increasing efficiency & quality in spray drying
GEA expertise in spray dryer optimization and options for upgrading capacity can give your plant a real boost in productivity. GEA OptiPartner provides real-time monitoring to improve spray dryer efficiency, while our CEE cyclone and HotSwirl technologies can increase yield and enhance process control. For plants needing more output, we offer spray dryer rebuild and upgrade services and options that can increase capacity without the need for a complete system overhaul. The SANICIP® II bag filter and No Intervention Fines Return System (NIFRS) reduce product loss and can improve final powder quality.
Sustainability: energy-efficiency upgrades for spray dryers
GEA offers spray dryer upgrades that improve energy efficiency and so support more resource-efficient spray drying. Our AddCool® heat pump technology captures waste heat to reduce overall energy draw, often cutting the need for fossil fuel-powered boilers. We also offer comprehensive energy audits for spray drying plants, helping to identify opportunities for minimizing resource use. Our OptiPartner automation platform monitors and adjusts the spray drying plant’s operating parameters to help optimize productivity and achieve the best energy and resource efficiency.
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Conventional Spray Dryer
Cost effective single-stage dryer that can be upgraded to let you create a wide range of powders for industries as diverse chemicals and food ingredients

PRODUCTION MINOR Spray Dryer
The capacity of the PRODUCTION MINOR Spray Dryer makes it the ideal R&D spray dryer for the production of samples in connection with product development and testing as well as for production in small quantities.

Analytical Methods for Dry Milk Products
The list of GEA analytical methods for dry milk products is a completely revised and updated list of analytical methods for analyzing dry milk products. The methods are intended for anyone needing standardized testing routines of dried milk products.

ASEPTIC-SD® Spray Dryer
For decades, spray drying has been applied for powder production by the pharmaceutical industry – also under aseptic conditions. The ASEPTIC-SD® Spray Dryer is perfect for the production of sterile pharmaceutical products such as vaccines, antibiotics and other products requiring aseptic conditions.
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GEA SAFEXPERT®
The innovative process diagnostic and consultant service.

GEA Health Check Spray Dryer
Inadequate maintenance can lead to safety risks, lower product quality, costly repairs, and reduced equipment life. GEA Health Check Spray Dryer offers a thorough inspection and tailored service report to help you proactively maintain uptime, quality, and longevity.
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Innovating for impact: shaping better solutions for customers
Industrial production is being asked to use fewer resources, become smarter and keep equipment productive for longer. At GEA, that is changing how innovation happens: engineering, customer insight, digital expertise and service come together earlier – when a solution can still be shaped at its core.























